Artificial bait.



No. 890,549. PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908. I

A. G. ZAMEL. I

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1907.

W/TNESSES mvmron I Z 772 Z Z/m/w/ 5;; W2 '20 W rmmvgys. v 4 I ALBERT e. ZAMEL; or ouioaeo, ILLINOIS. Y

'snrmroflir. BAIT.

Specification of Letters Patebt.

Patented June 9', I908.

. Application and July 11,1907. sass assesses.

To, all where it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of v Ill no s; have invented certa'in new 1 and; useful.Improvements in Artificial Bait, O

which the following isa specification.v .1

This invention relates to fish baits and more particularly such baits as are used as lureswhen drawn through the water.-

The objectof this invention isto rovide an improved bait for fishing and t e like,

affording means for protecting the hooks against fouling by weeds andv similar obstruc tions while at the same time leaving the goloks exposed when the bait isstruck by a The further object of the invention is to provide a bait having lnoks' guarded against fouling by obstructions 1n the water and presenting a lure adapted to attract fish.

The structure embodying the features of construction and arrangement of parts of my invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings and is hereinafter described in. the claims that follow.

In the drawings similar reference letters refer to similar parts in bb'th figures, in.

which I I Figure 1 is an elevation of a structure e111- bodying the features of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a similar elevation showing the details of construction, part of which details are shown in section.

Referring to the illustrated parts of the drawings, A is the shank ofa plural hook having integral therewith theibarbed fishhooks C. At the end of the shank remote from the hooks is an eye E for attaching'the artifiriial bait to the fishing-line. Loosely mounted upon the shank is a hollow hook guard B, )referably spheric 111 form and fashioned rom an elastic or flexible material such as indie-rubber, a rubber jabric, or the like. The guard is easily collapsible under impact or pressure and can be marked or decorated to resemble live or other bait, thereby to lure and attract the fish. When in a normal position upon the shank the guari'l'forlns a protection to the hooks and renders fouling practically impossible. The guard being easily removable it is possible l to use guards having differentnnirkings or decorations. A lure D, "formed preferably of a nun'lbcrof leathers, or the like, is atta'ched to the shank by means ol a winding G; ZAn.n a.

be easily mounted thereupon. -'-1ngs allow the, air rapidly to escape froin'the Patent:

F or in. any other suitable mannen Grand.

Q are openingsin the guard B adapted to rece1Ve -t 1e,shank i-,- so that'the guard may These open guaiijgliwlieni exterior pressure is exerted on thesarne. Thedecorait'ed guard used in conjunction with the feathers, a suliicient.

lure for ordinary purposes. v

' Mybait, ori account of its spherical, elastic guard protects the oints of the hooks from fouling by weeds y deflecting the latter while being drawn through the water. The

v action of "the device is extremely simple.

The fish in striking at the bait cause elastic guard tocollapse and be l upon the shank ,and the bee 's theren fgbe come exposed. a

Having thus described my invention. ll claim as new and desire to secure by Lear 1. In an artificial halt, a shank having a hook, and a guard carried by said shank and movable longitudinally thereof for preventing the fouling of said hook, said guard presenting a-rounded surface and constituting a lure.

2 In-an artificial bait, a shank having a plural hook, a guard carried by said shank and movable longitudinally-thereof for preventing the fouling of said hook and constituting, a lure, and a further lure attached. to said shank said guard presenting a rounded surface and constituting a lure.

3. In an artificial bait, -a shank having a plural hook, a movable spherical guard for preventing the fouling of said hook and constituting a lure, and a further lure attached to said shank and projecting beyond said guard.

4. In an artificial bait, a shank having a plural hook, and a movable guard for preventing fouling of said hook and constituting a lure, said guard being collapsible under impact or pressure and presenting a rounded surface of substantially spherical form.

'5. In an artificial bait, a shank having a plural hook, and a guard for said hook adapted to collapse under impact or pressure, said guard having an opening at each end to re ceive said shank. said openings permitting the separation of said guard and said shank.

6. In an artificial bait, a shank having a hook, and a spherical guard movable upon said shank and normally preventing the fouling of said hook, said guard being dapted to being formed from a flexible-material.

ll I be displaced by a fish to leave the hook exhook and being adapted to prevent the foulposed. ing of the hook. Y

' 7. In an artificial bait, a shankhaving a 12. In an artificial bait, 'a shank, a,spherhook, and a movable spherical guard upon ical elastic guard mounted upon said shank, said shank and normally preventing the foull and a lure attached to said shank Within said ing of said hook.

I I p 4 guard, said guard having an opening per1nit 8. In an artificial bait, a shank havini a ting'the projection of said lure therethrough. hook, a hollow guard carried upon said sh nk 13. In an artificial bait,,a shank, a plural and presenting a rounded surface adj acen to hook mounted at one end of the said shank, the point of said hook, and a lure, said guard an elastic guard ,mounted upon said shank,

said guard havin rounded sides adjacent to the points 'ered lure attached to said shank.

14, In an artificial bait, a shank, said shank having an eye at one end thereof, a plural hook at the opposite end of said shank, and an elastic" spherical ard mounted upon said shank, said guard eing suitably decorated to attract fish.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 'name to this specification in the presence of two mbscribing witnesses.

ALBERT G. ZAMEL. Witnesses: I l 4 FRANK E. SCHUBERT,

MICHAEL HOFERT.

9. In-an artificial b'ait,-'a"shank, a plura i hook integral with said shank, an elastic u'ard carried by said shank and movable Ion 'tudinally thereof, and a line attached to sai shank.

10. In an artificial bait, a shank, said shank having an -eye at one end thereof whereby the artificial bait-may be attached to the fishing line, a plural hook at the opposite end of said shank, and a spherical elastic guard mounted upon said shank and adapted l to prevent said plural hook from fouling.

'11. In an artificial bait, a shank having a plural hook, and a movable guard mounted u on said shank, said guard having rounded sides adjacent to the points of said plural of sai plural hook, and a feath-. 

